document.write( "Question 215608: I am in remedial math and a word problem on my math test that I am not sure what the answer was and it was a word problem and I thought I read it right and worked it out but did not make sense. Can you help me. The question was the difference between a number and 9 is the same as 35 less than the number. I could not find the number. Could you help me.
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the difference between a number and 9 is the same as 35 less than the number
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "Let the number be \"x\":
\n" ); document.write( "9-x = x-35
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 9+35
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 44
\n" ); document.write( "x = 22
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\n" ); document.write( "Note: You have to use 9-x for the difference.
\n" ); document.write( "If you use x-9 as the difference you get
\n" ); document.write( "x-9 = x-35 which is a contradiction.
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\n" ); document.write( "Comment: That is not really a good problem because
\n" ); document.write( "of the ambiguity in sybolizing \"the difference
\n" ); document.write( "between a number and 9\".
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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